Computer use, symptoms, and quality of life

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Hayes, John R ^a,d   Sheedy, James E ^a   Stelmack, Joan A ^b   Heaney, Catherine A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental vision; Epidemiology; Lighting; Quality of life; Survey

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIGHTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISION AIDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VISION; JOB QUALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EYE DISEASE; GLARE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ILLUMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECTACLES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34547924431     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31812f7546     Document Type: Article

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